Judge — October 2, 1915 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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OT LONG AGO the public witnessed a singular spectac! A medical man of profound learning, experience, and ability was discredited by virtue of his plain testimony in an important trial. He stated in court, simply and clearly, a pod many fac That is, he stated them as facts, which in itself is enough to e confidence and respect, in view of his professional stand- ing as an able physician. The testimony was given so plainly that the intelligence of the average lay mind could not fail to understand it. This may have been the real reason why the doctor’s statements were ridiculed; for they certainly were not received in any other way. Had this distinguished profes- sional gentleman announced on the witness stand in any case tha might have invited its rel the discovery of some ne cal procedures, which by no pos- sibility would the laity have been prepared to comprehend or pass judgment upon, his announcement would have been greeted with KI applause, felt’ if not ex- pressed. He would haye loomed large immediately in the estima- tion of his temporary 4 exact proportion to its in y medi- As it is, the medical man merely told what he knew to be true in the circumstances, in answer to questions as they were put to him. He defined with simple ness the items under con- sideration. His explanations were n in the most lucid terms of ay speech, so that any one r with other vernacular might follow and accept these explanations at their actual value: But almost noone accepted them. Everybody discounted them and rejected them. The great) man was not believed, his wisdom was not wanted. He did not say what many wanted him to say. and what he did say was emphatically scorned. It is to be ed that even some who should have known better failed to sce that the doctor meant exactly what he said, that he told the exact truth, and that reasonable heed paid to his statements would not have been misplaced. Moder Practice HE expectant-mother pages of the more ladylike American magazines contain material of absorbing interest to—high school girls and débutantes. It is fittin, proper that such humanitarian doctrine be given the widest publicity, so that those for whom it is not intended r access to it. “There NSCRIPTION until the young folks are married, But thank goodness, society at large prefers the Modem practice demands that the ebulli ist, fresh from the clinic, turn jourt and scribble a mess of piffle about pre-natal influence, birth con- trol, hygiene, and twilight snooz- ing. Thus Gertrude and Isabel can sit in the parlor and grow in wisdom while mother connives at their learning and washes the dishes. Brief Decisions LD. styles come in fashion again, but back numbers never do. * Sin doesn’t find some people out until they are all in. * The thinking cap seems to be too small for some heads. 2 ‘The man of winning ways un- covers many ways of winning 2 In the school of experience most of the dunces are night pupils. * the unsuccessful men ure more than half-way * Some people don't think hon- ays unless it pays them first. ¢ ‘The less some people have to say the more they let you know it. & ‘The society woman can always smile where she Most ety find her sweet put it 2 The man who has seen better days didn’t think so well of them at the time. The optimist doesn’t have to die but once, but the pessimist is buried alive every day. ¢ ‘The more we learn about this world the more we want to stay and see if it is true Ccomicbooks.com